I had a great conversation yesterday with Joseph Varghese on his Rules for Success podcast. I described my own career journey as I figured out key insights that drove my later success, as well as talk about the challenge of discovering and overcoming our subconscious limiting beliefs that hold us back from greater success. Stay…
Month: September 2024
“The power of our mental plasticity is profoundly shocking and almost supernatural.” – David Bessis
“The power of our mental plasticity is profoundly shocking and almost supernatural.” – David Bessis I recently came across Bessis through somebody linking to his X/Twitter thread on how the way we teach math is wrong. I was intrigued by what I read, and bought his book, Mathematica: A Secret World of Intuition and Curiosity….
Last chance to sign up for my upcoming Maven course, How to Become a More Effective Executive, which starts this Friday, Sept. 27th, at 9am PT.
Last chance to sign up for my upcoming Maven course, How to Become a More Effective Executive, which starts this Friday, Sept. 27th, at 9am PT. This is not prepackaged content that you could lean back and watch on YouTube, as I will tailor the material to the students that sign up. You will get…
Slow way down and be present.
Slow way down and be present. We had the third week-long module of the Trauma-Informed Coaching Certificate program I have been taking this year with Thomas Hübl, PhD and Amy Elizabeth Fox a couple weeks ago, and as I reflected back on what I’ve learned from the course so far, it boils down to advice…
Michal Juhas is doing great work with his podcast on what it takes to be a successful CTO.
Michal Juhas is doing great work with his podcast on what it takes to be a successful CTO. I enjoyed our conversation about the executive mindset, which you can watch at https://lnkd.in/gSNXEhe6 If you want to learn more about the executive mindset, I am launching a class in a couple weeks. Click on the link…
When should you defer to others? Who is the expert here?
When should you defer to others? Who is the expert here? A couple of my clients are struggling with situations where they are experts in their domain, but also want to stay humble and open to other perspectives. When people tell them things that don’t make sense, they hold an open mind and stay curious…
“It’s not how well you play the game, it’s deciding what game you want to play.” — Kwame Appiah
“It’s not how well you play the game, it’s deciding what game you want to play.” — Kwame Appiah Graham Duncan shared this quote in his podcast interview with Tim Ferriss, and I love it as a concise articulation of why it’s important to consciously choose your direction in your life and career. Many people play the…
What do I mean by results, not effort? Results and impact depend on direction.
What do I mean by results, not effort? Results and impact depend on direction. Early in our career, our direction is given to us by our teacher or our manager. So we are responsible only for our effort. If we work hard on the tasks we are given or on developing the skills we are…
It takes a different mindset to succeed as an executive.
It takes a different mindset to succeed as an executive. I have coached over a hundred executives to greater success over the past five years, and discovered three mindset shifts that are shared by executives from startup CXOs to directors at big-tech companies. 1) Results, not effort. You get judged by the results you create…
I’m excited to host my first Maven lightning lesson tomorrow, Friday Sept 6 at 9am Pacific time. I’ll be talking about what’s stopping you from becoming an executive, which is that your mindset needs to change from what brought you success earlier in your career.
I’m excited to host my first Maven lightning lesson tomorrow, Friday Sept 6 at 9am Pacific time. I’ll be talking about what’s stopping you from becoming an executive, which is that your mindset needs to change from what brought you success earlier in your career. Join more than 400 people to learn more tomorrow (even…